Snake Lord, Taksha, is the Lord of the Ashlesha Nakshatra. A person born in the
Ashlesha Nakshatra is cruel natured,
destroyer of all, ungrateful, short tempered, prone to troubling others, used
to wandering aimlessly, waster of money, sensuous, ill behaved and a performer
of his own deeds. He may be clever, imaginative, dynamic, wavering, easily
appeased, pleasant natured, fluent, imitative of others in talking, having
artistic interests, fond of literature and music, fond of travelling,
passionate, occasionally involved in theft, lazy, selfish and prone to sudden
assaults.

The Ashlesha Nakshatra controls the lungs, abdomen, lower part of food
pipe & liver and these are afflicted with malefic effect. Such persons are
see to be found of alcohol. Women born during this constellation are good
managers, but they have to be extra cautions while maintaining relations with
their in-laws. Ashlesha is a “Mool Sangyaka” nakshatra and it
signifies fear for mother or mother-in-law. To mitigate the evil effects of the
constellation, on the day of the Ashlesha
Nakshatra, one should make a golden idol of the Snake couple, establish it
ritually and worship it with kumkum
(saffron), incense sticks, flowers, dhoop,
ghee, lamp and rice. Perform homa
with ghee and sugar and recite the following mantra hundred and eight times.

Lord Pitr is the lord of the Magha
Nakshatra. Persons born in this constellational are wealthy, pleasure
loving, devoted to God and parents, and very enterprising. Some classics are of
the view that such persons are hard hearted, sharp natured, possessing
uncritical skills, lacking sins, prudent, proud, pious, under their wive’s
domination and destructive of enemies. He may be involved in a suspicious and
secretive work, very enterprising and endowed with many servants. Such persons
are skilled at doing work for others, fond of eating and drinking and thrifty.
They may be assaulted suddenly, have an anxious temperament and face continuous
obstacles in progress.

Magha
nakshatra controls heart, back, spinal cord and its surrounding
area and these are afflicted with ailments when malefic planets show their
effect. To ward off the evil effects worship Lord Pitr. For that, one should
invite father like respected Brahmins
on the day of the Magha Nakshatra and
worship them with white sandalwood fragrance, champak flowers, ghee, dhoop, ghee lamp and other sweets. One
should wear the bhringraj mool on the
arm or heart in an amulet. Clothes, sesame seeds and rice should be donated as
per ritual. Occasionally, milk and cereal should be donated to the ancestors.
Perform homa while mixing ghee,
sesame seeds, rice, and recite the following mantra for hundred and eight
times.